Chip

Chris,

That's super interesting. The info on the reverse is great. Very nice card.

Chip

There is a guy who calls himself "old flags wanted" on the Wehrmacht Awards forum that could probably help you. He always chimes in when flags are shown and he seems quite knowledgeable.

Chip

In the Ehren-Rangliste he is listed as a wartime Leutnant and then a Hauptman außer Dienst. I see him in the 1911 Rang-Liste with the same unit. His promotion date is listed as 20.11.08 T.

Chip

They look like tulips to me. He must be the company gardener.

Cold weather too. Look at that huge woven sentry boot!

Chip

I do only have these from my wife´s grandfather.

A photo and the EK2 diplome.

Hello,

Could we see the entire diplome?

Thanks,

Chip

Chris,

Until I opened the picture up, I thought you were going to show us a Karpathenkorps insignia on the collar. Now that would have been something.

Chip

There is an old article by Dr.Klietmann that describes and shows such an officer's helmet from the collection of the Zeughaus in Berlin. I think it was in an issue of the German magazine "Die Tradition".

Chip

P.S. That last cap in Robin's photos above is one in my collection. It came out of the woodwork with the skull on it. The unit mark in the cap is "St.B.XIV".

I have the same pattern coat as in the photo above and it has had the bottom four inches cut off to make puttees. I've had two "front made" pairs of puttees. One was made from overcoat wool and the other from gray blanket wool.

Chip

Chris,

There is a cypher underneath the crown. It's in a dark thread, so more difficult to see than the die cut crown.

Chip

He is also not wearing any shoulder straps, which to me is an indication of a Freikorps unit.

Chip

Chris,

You'll also notice that these Leibers are wearing their "Kriegsgarnitur" ohne Litzen.

Chip

A friend of mine has an officer's board with the "GA". I've never managed to get one of those.

Chip

Hardy,

That GA strap is nothing compared to the really rare one I have coming.... Been looking for an example for decades.

Chip

Eric,

I think Chris is correct, in that the Alpenkorps was formed at about the same time that the 3.Jäger Regiment was formed from the four Schneeschuh Batls. (May 1915).

There might be some reserve artillery units that were formed from the guard and therefore outfitted by them. I know this is the case with some of the reserve infantry regiments formed from the guard. They wore the Litzen too.

Neither Saxony nor Bavarian had an artillery unit with Garde-Litzen.

Chip

Take a guess!

Right! They're darn scarce. I have another pair that is numbered (#20).

Chip

Here's an example of an enlisted M15 Gebirgs-Artillerie strap. No unit number assigned. Possibly unissued. Often, unit numbers were added later upon assignment from the Ersatz unit.

Chip

The color collar tabs were worn on the M1908 and (those still in use) M1894 overcoats in 1914. In 1908 the Saxons decided to go with subdued feldgraue Kragenpatten with only a colored piping. This was, however, only for the newly made wartime issue Kriegsgarnituren, which were not to be worn in peacetime. These remained in the various B.A. Kammer until the war started. All other contingents did not adopt this due to budgetary constraints.

In January of 1915 when the so-called "Ersatzmäntel" or simplified M1908 coats were decreed, newly made examples were to be finished without Kragenpatten. Previously made coats of all patterns retained the collar tabs. That's why you see them on coats well into the war.

Chip

Andreas,

I think you are correct about the Grenadier Rgt. Nr.3. The cyphered shoulder strap in the second photo looks to be that regiment. The piping would show up as black if it were the yellow piping of the Garde Gren.Rgt. Nr.3.

Chip

With over 200 field gray tunics, Marshall's collection predominantly consisted of private purchase tunics. He had issue ones, to be sure, but only a small fraction, as you would expect. As I recall, he only had one issue M1907 infantry example.

Chip

That's all I can think of. Charles, why do you ask?

Chip

Chris,

I've seen those Lindner pieces on the cards several times over the years. I had one of this style some years ago, but when I found a pin-backed example, I passed the prong- backed one along. It just seemed if I was ever going to attach it to a cap, it would be much easier to do with a safetypin style attachment.

Chip

Holy sh*t Adler! That Bavarian Probe is unbelievable. One could only dream of having such an example.

Chip

Hmmm. I think that second photo might actually be of a J.z.P officer.